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Rallies will protest Sessions firing, threat to Mueller investigation

Rallies are being planned by groups connected with the Nobody is Above the Law and have been in the works for weeks

A handful of local rallies will dot the Portland area Thursday, protesting President Trump's dismissal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his possible threat to the investigation by Special Counsel Robert Mueller.

Rallies are planned in Portland, Lake Oswego, Beaverton, Hillsboro, St. Helens, Sandy, Sherwood and Yamhill County. Rallies are being planned by groups connected with the Nobody is Above the Law national group. They have been in the works for weeks as the organization watched and waited as President Trump threatened several times to fire Sessions and install a new attorney general who would bottle up Mueller's investigation into obstruction of justice in connection with foreign interference in the 2016 presidential election.

On Wednesday, Nov. 7, the president asked Sessions to resign, and replaced him with Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, who will oversee Mueller's investigation.